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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by gabe When I discovered this forum I told my wife how interesting it was. Being a banker's daughter, she immediately understood my exileration of receiving an education like the one I am getting for virtually free. Her only other comment was she was surprised at the defensive nature of some of the member's comments. Given the fact that my wife and I are lawyers and deal with dissention on a daily basis, her comment surprised me. After looking at posts a bit more closely and with her view in mind, I think I agree with her. Disagreements are greeted with much more of a defensive posture than I am accustomed to seeing in my everyday life. So my grand theory is: We all have an unusual hobby--unusual in the sense that we are probably all considered experts on this subject in our ordinary life by those around us and are used to being completely deferred to for matters concerning railroad knowledge. I think this phenomenon contributes to my wife's observations. Ultimately, I think the discourse on this forum is polite, and I am not complaining. I am, however, suggesting that if we were a little less defensive we could allow our disagreements to further enrich our railroad knowledge rather than immediately going on the defensive. Admitedly, this is fairly easy for me. I am fond of poker. In poker there is a saying that goes "if you look around the table and don't see the sucker, the sucker is you." I don't see the sucker in this forum--at least in regard to those forum members I have decided are courteous enough to merit reading--and I know it is me. However, for those of you who do see the (polite) sucker, perhaps we would all benefit by remembering we can always learn more by listening to and considering people's arguments rather than defending our preceived rail superiority. For what it is worth, Gabe [/quote] Are you sure you are a lawyer?? Endorsing an end to conflict, politeness, oh, no... Your wife isn't Hon. Judith Kaye by any chance, is she? I'm not trying to be impolite and perhaps I'm one of those rascals you refer to above. I just chalk it up to being a "reformed" lawyer and cranky ol' railroader. Still, I think I have something to offer... At a recent rail industry meeting, a friend's wife who is also an attorney asked me if I thought railroaders or lawyers were bigger drinkers as a group. I'm still on the fence on that one... LC
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